Extinguishers
What type of extinguisher is made up of chemical components that contain carbon plus one or more elements from the halogen series.
Halogenated Extinguishing Agents
Non load bearing rope attached to a hoisted object to help steer it in a desired direction
Tag Line
Extendable section of a ground extension or aerial ladder
Fly Section
Device made of rigid, heavy gauge wire designed to fit through the space between double-swinging doors equipped with panic hardware.
J-Tool
Assessment of a facility or location made before an emergency occurs, in order to prepare for an appropriate emergency response.
Preincident Survey
What extinguishing agent is suitable for use on combustible metal fires?
Dry Powder
Free end of the rope used for hoisting, pulling, or belaying.
Running Part
Extension ladder with the fly section fully retracted.
Bedded Position
Type of glass specifically treated to become harder and more break resistant than plate glass or a single sheet of laminated glass.
Tempered Plate Glass
To operate independently of the incident commander's command and control.
Freelance
Extinguishing agent usually installed in range hoods and associated ducting where grease may accumulate:
Wet Chemical System
Method of manufacturing rope without any knots or splices; a continuous strand of fiber runs the entire length of the rope's core
Block creel construction
What is the very top of a ladder called?
The Tip
Type of auxiliary lock such as a deadbolt mounted on the interior surface of a door
Rim Lock
Alarm that sounds when SCBA air supply is low, typically 33%
Low-Pressure Alarm
Saponification
What is the end of the rope used to tie a knot called?
Working End
What is a one-section nonadjustable ladder called?
Single Ladder
Sharp prong and hook of steel, on a wood, metal, fiberglass, or plastic handle of varying length, used for pulling, dragging, and probing.
Pike pole
Operations intended to standardize or adjust the values of quantities indicated by a measuring instrument
Calibration
What are the two basic designs for handheld dry chemical extinguishers?
a. fog and straight stream
b. low pressure and high pressure
c. cartridge-operated and stored pressure
d. compressed air and compressed nitrogen
C
Device used for creating anchors and lashings, or for packaging patients and rescuers; typically constructed from the same material as synthetic rope.
Webbing
Devices attached to the inside of the beams on fly sections; used to hold the fly section in place after it has been extended.
Pawls
Hydraulic spreading tool that is specially designed to open doors that swing inward.
Rabbit Tool
Valve on a SCBA that when opened allows air to bypass its normal route through the regulator; used when a regulator malfunctions
Bypass Valve